June 8th, 2008

Elevator To Nowhere

"My performance of a card elevator. Inspired by Shigeo Futagawa, Chris Kenner and Jeff Teo." Be sure to watch this one to the end.

DLeerium

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Stummps16 years ago

Very well done, props for the color scheme as well ;)

BravaLager17 years ago

First time I watched that I was not expecting the whole deck to vanish but the aces. that was truly an artpiece my friend.

17 years ago

Even though i know how it's done this still blows me away every time i watch it.

ReapingDevil17 years ago

dude, that was AWSOME, lol. no clue how that was done :)

arkelen17 years ago

love it nice use of lapping u folled me for a sec xD 6/5

Tally18 years ago

DUDE that last thing when the deck changed to the aces...left me breathless. Like i was like....0.0 and i sucked in some air for about 3 secs.

VagueTheory18 years ago

No-frickin'-way. ;D

jag195918 years ago

indeed,awesome

Ahmed Fouad18 years ago

That was great, keep it up, 5/5 and i just added it to my favorites!

Morphweasel18 years ago

Awesome ending! SOOO deceptive :D Very smooth done, love it! :D PS: What's the music? It sure fits to magic/flourish movies...! :)

Jeff18 years ago

Ha-ha... Dleerium, I love this! and thanks for sharing! Cheers, Jeff

louis18 years ago

wow that was crazy the ending and everything else i love it

trashmanf18 years ago

I agree with senchi that it'd be better with a non-camera-trick version, but, it still took me by surprise so that was cool. Ineski put a clip up not that long ago of himself lapping a whole deck under heavy misdirection, so it can be done live. I gave it a 3/5 stars from me dogg.

DLeerium18 years ago

Respect your opinion. Its actually my finisher to my ACR routine at a table, so I do perform this live. But i thought it would look better close up and all around exposed + I made this to introduce this idea into the magic community. ps: Do you perform magic? and Don't call me Dogg

Amane18 years ago

Very clever idea. My only bone to pick is that you should work on getting your breaks in between moves. The pull-ups with your thumb aren't very pretty. Try working in a pinky pull down instead, or getting the breaks while you are showing the front of the deck to the audience (when you show them the card has traveled up the deck a bit). I had that problem when I first started using this move as well but quickly corrected it. You'll see that it'll improve your performance fluidity greatly. Nicely done with the ending. 5/5 =)

DLeerium18 years ago

That is actually really good advice Amane. Thanks for the tip :P

CardShark1318 years ago

WOW..the ending was amazing!!

IIAnnexII18 years ago

Perfect. I wasn't even expecting that killer ending. Well done. 5/5

youngd9418 years ago

WHAT THE F!@#.... I was just watching this going wow thats pretty good, nice and smooth... then deck vanish... holy S#!+ i was not expecting that

Mitchell18 years ago

Nice 5/5 added to my favorites

copperfield 1418 years ago

Don't be stupid senchi. It's not impossible to do. Many magicians have done a deck vanish with enough misdirection.

senchi18 years ago

I am not stupid.. thats what I said (plz. read my comment).Of course you can do a deck vanish just not like he does it on a video!!! Prove me wrong by doing it the way he does in front of live audience.

guiguimanu18 years ago

this was great! Wasnt expecting the ending whatsoever. Nice twist ;) why do people think this is not peformable in real life? I do deck vanishes quite often in real life (Not panic) doing it on webcam does make it easier, but its still dooable in real life

senchi18 years ago

little ****y... First of all I own almost everything David Williamson has published:) and I know thing or two about magic:) Read previous post when making a comment so you don´t come across as stupid. If you compare what David did with this video then you really don´t know so much yourself. What can be done irl and what the guy on this video does are two different things. I mean I could make a video of me flying using some camera trickery. It does not make me David Copperfield who actually does it in front of live audience.

AlexKistner18 years ago

its not impossible if you knew magic or have seen magic at all you would know an Effect By David Williamson where one card at a time travels to the pocket and the entire deck follows right in front of your eyes DLeerium nice work..

senchi18 years ago

Yes. Deck vanishes are performable in real life. But as you know you do need some heavy misdirection. Having to ditch 52 cards while the focus is on your hands is quite impossible. I challenge you to do it in front of an audience. In case of this trick, you need to let go of the cards by releasing them with fingers. I bet it would be both visible and audible..